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To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it `known that l, Pn'rnn A. Fn'rnnson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Focatello, in the county' of Bannock and State of Idaho, have invented new and useful improvements in `Anchors, of which the following is specification.

`My present invention. has reference to anchore.

My object is to produce an anchor in which the nuke carrying arms and the cross bar are folded `against and received in the grooves in the shank when the anchor is not in use so that the same can be convenientlyl handled and will occupy small space on the deck of a vessel.

A. further object is to produce an anchor in which the fluke carrying arms and the cross bar each comprise sections which, when the anchor is not` in use are folded against and received in.` the grooves in the shank,

said sections being pivotally supported on a slide that carries on its outer end the shackle or ring for the anchor cable, and whereby, when the anchor is thrown overboard, the said slide will be moved outwardly of the shank to swing the fluke carrying arms and the cross bar to active positions.

rlhe drawings which accompany and which form art of this application, illustrate a satisfpactory embodiment of the improvement reduced to practice, and where- 1n:-`-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an anchor in accordance with this invention, the same being in folded condition.

Figure 2` is an edge view thereof.

Figure 3 is a view of tlie anchor with the slide drawn out to project the fluke carry'- ing arms and the cross bar.

Figure a is a sectional view on the line il-Jlof Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a sectional view on. the line 6 6 of Figure l.

Figure 2'` is a sectiona-lview through the slidable bar approximately on the line 7--7 of Figure 5.

The shank 1 of my improved anchor is preferably square in cross section, the same being also in the nature of a hollow member. From points, adjacent to the crown 2 ofthe anchor, the shank l has its edges provided with elongated rectangular openings 3 that communicate with its hollow interior, and at points at a suitable distance from the ring or shackle end l of the shank, the same has its sides provided with elongated rectangular openings 6, which also communicate with the interior of the shank.

` Slidable through the shank there is a barb 7 having its outer end provided with an eye to which the anchor chain 1s connected. The

and provided with a transverse opening.

Fivotally secured in this opening, as at 10,

are `the inner ends of the rounded arms 11 that carry at their outer ends the iukes 12. Bridging the opening 3 there are members 14. lFliese members may be in the nature of stout pins or may be in the nature of rev oluble elements, such for instance as rollers lil that areniounted on the pins 13. The arms 11 areinovable between the bridging members and the closed ends of the openings 3, and preferably the shank is formed on its outer face, at the said end of the openings 3, with reinforcing enlargements l5.

Fivotally secured in suitable depressions on the sides of the sliding bar 7 at right angles to that to which the fluke carrying arms are connected, are the sections 17 of the cross bar for the anchor. Fivotally se cured to each section 1'? and to the slidable bar 'i' there are links 16. The links limit the outward swinging of the bar sections 16 when the slidable bar 7 is drawn outwardly from the shank 1. Such movement of the slide will likewise swing the arms 11 outwardly of the shank to bring the same to active position. lli/'hen in inactive position, as when the slidable member 7 is moved inwardly of the shank, the arms 1G are received in the openings 6 and the arms are swung into the opening 3, the said arms contacting with the upper angular walls provided by the said opening to bring the flukes 12 on the ends of the arms against the sides of the shank 1.

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liti' lit is believed that the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawings will fully set forth the construction, operation and advantages of the irnprovement to those skilled in the art to which such inventions relate, but l desire it understood that the nature of the invention is such as to render the saine susceptible to niodiiications, and therefore l am entitled to all such changes from the illustrated embodi nient as herein set forth as fall within the scope of what l claim.

Having described the invention, I claim l. An anchor including a hollow shank having its sides and ends provided with openings, a slidable bar in the shank having a chain ring or shackle at the outer end thereof, arms having flukes at their outer ends passingA through two of the opposed openings and pivotally secured .to the slide, bars passing through the remaining opposed openings in the shank and pivotally secured to the slide, links pivotally connected to the bars and to the slide, guide means arranged transversely through the openings through which the iuke carrying arms pass, and said arms and bars received in the openings in the shank therefor when the slide is moved inward of the sha-nk and projected laterally through the openings with respect to the shank when the slide is moved outwardly1 of the shank.

2. In an anchor, a hollow substantially cross sectionally| rectangular shank having its sides and ends provided with elongated openings, a slide movable in the shank having its outer end provided with a ring for theJ reception of a chain, said slide having openings providing pockets therein, arms having lukes at their outer ends passing through two of the opposed openings in the shank entering one of the openings in the slide and pivotally secured therein, antirictional guide members arranged transversely of the referred to openings in the shank to Contact with the arms to swing the same at an outwa rd angle with respect to the shank when the slide is drawn outwardly from the shank, bars pivotally secured in the remaining openings of the shank and ifoldable into the remaining openings of the shank, links pivotally secured to the bars and to the arms, whereby to limit the outward swinging ot' the arms when the slide is drawn outwardly through the shank.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature.

PETER PETERSON. 

